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IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS IORCOBSETS.

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TC ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCEBN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CfiR'GILL, of the city and connty of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corset-Fastenings; `and I do hereby-declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionoi` the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and forming part of this specification, in which-'- Figure 1 is a .front or face view of the busks of a corset with myiniproved fasteningdevice attached.

Figure 2, a view of portions of same, showing the modcofattaching the cloth of the corsets to the busks.

Figure 3, a section taken on line v v et' fig. 1.

Figure 4, a section taken on liners :z: of g. 1.

Figure 5, a' view of a modication of my improved device.

Figure 6, a section of same on line y y of' iig. 5; and

Figure 7 an enlarged section on line z z of iig. 2.

The object of my invention is to provide'a means of attaching together the parts oi' a corset, so that while the same are firmlyseeured, when' the husks or steels are locked together, they may he readily detaehedwithoutA ever-stretchingv the'corset,'or compressing and cramping the body of the wearer; and it consists of a novel `construction and arrangement of the means of" fastening the steels or busks together, whereby the same may be fastened together and `detached from each other with coiilparative ease, and still securely fasten the corset, when adjusted for that purpose. Y

I will now proceed to describe the construction and operation of my device.

As is common, I apply'a suitable steel husk to each side of acorset, and to one of these, which I prefer to makeof an increased width, as shown in the drawings, I attach a suitable number of recessed clips or female fastenings, as. shown at a. These clips `are cut or swaged out of Vbrass `or other suitable metal, in the shape shown in figs'. 1 and 43, each being provided with projecting hooks or lips, b within which the husk on-the opposite side ofthe corset is-secu1ed,"as will he hereinafter explained. The recess within these hooks or lips, or rather the distance between the sides of the same, should he in excess of the iridth'of the husk, B, which it .is to receive,`so that, upon carrying the husk, B, against the right-hnnd side of the recess, or against the lip, b',

the left-hand edge of the same is free to pass by the lip, Z1,.oi` the clip, and` thusnbe inserted or released, as is clearly shown by the dotted lines in iig. 7. l

The clips may he inadc to wholly envelope the husk, or, as-shown, their outer edges may overlap the husk, -and there be secured by swaging down the same, or they may he riveted securely to the husk, as is the common corset-fastening. This recessed clip may be formed of the husk itself,vas shownin figs. 5 and 6, and the husk throughout its length might he 'bent over and upon itself, and the entire edges, on both sides, so shaped as to form a continuous recessed clip, and these modifications,` together with others, may he used in lieu of that shown in fig. 1, though I preferthat form of clip.

At the upper end of the husk, A, I provide a stud orhutton, c, which takes intoa suitable female part or button-hole, d, in -the husk, B, thereby locking the two together, and preventing the husk, B, from slipping sideways, and thus releasing itself from the clips.

The husk, B, is of the usual width and elasticity of husk-steek'aud is provided with no fastening-device except the button-hole d, which secures it in its position in the recessed clip. relative to the holding-points thereof, by means of the button c.

In g. 2 are shown the bushs as applied to the corset. It will he observed that the cloth entirely envelopes` the same, except in the ease of the husk A. The projecting lips of the clips, and thc button-head c, and, in the case of the husk B, the buttonhole portion, d, and a suitable portion of the bush at a point corresponding to the clips on the husk A, aresexposcd or pass through the cloth. Thedrawingshows the under or inner side` of the husk, B, in order to illustrate the mode of attaching the cloth thereto.

The operation is as follows: The huskshaving been attached to the corset, as described, and the same placed about the hody of theperson, the edge, z', of the husk B is slipped into the recessed clip under` the lip,

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b',- and is forced far enough Within it to adinit the passage of its edge, m, by the lip, of the clip. When lthis has been accomplished at eachlclip, the button-hole is slipped over the. button, and the tension of the corset about the body draws the husk B against the 'base of the lip b, where it is sustaincdwhilc upon the body. In. some instances, .I en lit the lip b, using lips 5 alone, in which case the tension of the corset will securely hold the husk B against the base of the lip Zn, and within its recess. To detach it, this operation is reversed.

It will be observed that the broad husk affords aysupport and protection for all tho fasteningdevices, it being interposed between them and the body ofthe wea1er,avhieh of itself is a great improvement infastenings for corsets, as it prevents the projecting parts-olf the fastenings from sticking into the body, and theedges of the corset, wherein are the' busks, from pinching the person.

The .buslis are merely insertedy in pockets in the corset, vand are thus rendered detachable when washing is Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,v is 1. The combination of the husk B with the recessed clips-a of the busk ,su`ostantially as described. 2. The recessed clip or female fastening-device, formed with projecting lip or lips7 substantially as described,

and for the purpose set forth.v l

' WILLIAM B. v(L MGILL.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS E. HARRISON, Hoimfrro S. H UTCHINsoN. 

